This is a record of my journey as a Muslim. I used to be Catholic and belonged to a missionary organisation. After my conversion, I sat on the board of a Muslim converts' organisation and specialised in da'wah programmes, convert management, interfaith issues and apostasy cases. I am an initiate of a Sufi order. As such, the articles and writings tend to cover these areas.
All the Arabic and graphics could not have been done without the help of my wife, Zafirah.

Monday, 24 April 2017

Encounters during the Mi'raj: The People with Snakes in Them

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ
ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

During the night of
the Mi’raj, the Prophet (s.a.w.), accompanied by Jibril (a.s.),
travelled until the Prophet (s.a.w.) saw groups of people who had
bellies as large as houses, and there were snakes in them which could be seen
through their skins. Every time one of
those people stood up he would fall again and he would say, “O Allah, do not
Make the Hour of Judgment rise yet!”
Then they met the people of Pharaoh on the road and the latter trample
them underfoot. The Prophet (s.a.w.)
said, “I heard them clamouring to Allah. O Jibril, who are these?”

He replied, “They
are those of your ummah who eat up usury. They cannot stand up except in the manner of
those whom the Shaythan touches with possession.”